Maine Parks and Lands: Access for the Disabled

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Welcome to Maine's Accessible Outdoors! Maine is a place everyone can enjoy. The Bureau of Parks and Lands welcomes all visitors to Maine's natural and cultural wonders. The Bureau is committed to making our state parks, historic sites and other public facilities accessible to people with disabilities and people with special needs. Each state park or historic site in Maine is unique. Many park features are accessible to visitors with varying needs and abilities. In some parks, however, visitors may need the assistance of a member of their party to access certain features. Other parks have natural elements, such as steep trails or rocky beaches, that may be difficult for some people to use. In addition, weather and other conditions at parks and historic sites change often. The Bureau of Parks and Lands encourages visitors to contact parks and historic sites directly to discuss their individual needs and abilities with experienced staff. Access Features Maine's State Parks and Historic Sites offer a number of accommodations for people with disabilities and people with special needs. Among the access features are: ● Reserved parking spaces ● Wheelchair ramps ● Beach wheelchairs ● Hardened surfaces on trails and walkways ● Accessible restrooms ● Roll-in showers ● Benches in showers and changing rooms ● TTY ● Easy-to-reach campsites

The Bureau of Parks and Lands is continuously improving state parks and historic sites to provide better access for everyone. Contact parks and historic sites directly to find out more about the access features at specific locations. Service animals are welcome at state parks and historic sites in Maine. A Guide to Accessibility The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands provides general guidance for people with disabilities and

Maine Parks and Lands: Access for the Disabled people with special needs on the ease of access to state parks, historic sites, and other facilities. Each park or historic site is rated for overall ease of access. Ratings are:

Good access: Most features of the area are accessible

Limited access: Some features are accessible; other features may require assistance

No access: No features are accessible

In addition, the Bureau offers guidelines on the accessibility of specific features and amenities at parks and historic sites, such as parking, rest rooms, campsites, and beaches. These guidelines are designed primarily for people with mobility impairments.

The definitions for access features are:

Accessible: Meets all standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Generally Accessible: Meets most ADA standards and has few barriers. Some visitors with disabilities may need some assistance

Accessible with Assistance: Meets some ADA standards and has some barriers. Many visitors with disabilities will require assistance

Somewhat Accessible: Meets few ADA standards and has significant barriers. Most visitors with disabilities will need assistance

Not accessible: Meets no ADA standards and has major barriers Most people with disabilities, even with assistance, will be unable to access.

Access at State Parks and Historic Sites TTY: Maine Relay 711 Phone: (207) 287-3821 State Parks Aroostook State Park www.maine.gov/aroostook Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Accessible (access to beach is via boat launch Main feature - Beach: parking lot) Boat launch: Somewhat Accessible Overnight Use Check in: Accessible Accessible with Assistance (one site totally Campsites: accessible with pathway to toilet building) Restrooms: Accessible (including accessible showers) Kitchen Shelter: Accessible

Maine Parks and Lands: Access for the Disabled Bradbury Mountain State Park www.maine.gov/bradburymountain Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Trails around Mountain: Not Accessible (trails are steep and uneven) Overnight Use Check in: Accessible Campsites: Several are Accessible Restrooms: Accessible

Camden Hills State Park www.maine.gov/camdenhills Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Not Accessible (steep slopes) Not Accessible (but, without leaving a vehicle, Main feature - Trails around excellent views of the harbor and coast can be Mountains and along Shore: enjoyed from the top of Mt. Battie) Overnight Use Check in: Accessible Accessible with Assistance (Lower campground Campsites: recommended) Showers: Accessible

Cobscook Bay State Park www.maine.gov/cobscookbay Limited access Day Use Accessible (in the shower building) Restrooms: Playground & Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Bay Views: Views are possible from vehicles Boat launch: Not Accessible Overnight Use Check in: Accessible Campsites: Accessible with Assistance Showers: Accessible

Crescent Beach State Park www.maine.gov/crescentbeach Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Telephones: Accessible (located at snack bar) Picnic tables: Accessible

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Maine Parks and Lands: Access for the Disabled Crescent Beach accessible and a beach Main feature - Beach: wheelchair is available Showers: Somewhat

Damariscotta Lake State Park www.maine.gov/damariscottalake Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible (2 picnic sites) Picnic shelter: Not Accessible Playground Accessible Main feature – Beach: Accessible with Assistance (assistance recommended for access to water; beach wheelchair is available.)

Ferry Beach State Park www.maine.gov/ferrybeach Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Group Shelter: Accessible Trails: Accessible Nature Center: Accessible Main feature - Beach: Generally Accessible (beach is accessible with Assistance; beach wheelchair available)

Grafton Notch State Park www.maine.gov/graftonnotch Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Screw Auger Falls: Accessible with Assistance (many sloped paths)

Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park www.maine.gov/holbrookisland Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Not Accessible Picnic tables: Somewhat Accessible (on mainland) Somewhat Accessible (access to beaches on mainland and island requires assistance; boat Main feature - Trails, Beaches: required to island; dock to island not accessible.)

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Lake St. George State Park www.maine.gov/lakesaintgeorge Limited access

Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Playground Accessible Main feature - Beach Somewhat Accessible (stairs to water)

Overnight Use Check in: Accessible Campsites: Somewhat Accessible Restrooms: Somewhat Accessible

Showers: Not Accessible Lamoine State Park www.maine.gov/lamoine Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Not Accessible Picnic Tables: Accessible with Assistance Main feature - Beach: Accessible (access to beach is via boat launch parking lot)

Boat launch: Accessible

Overnight Use Accessible with Assistance (accessible by driving Check in: up to booth) Accessible with Assistance (one site is accessible, Campsites: but the path to the toilet/shower building is uneven) Restrooms: Accessible (with accessible showers)

Lily Bay State Park www.maine.gov/lilybay Limited access Day Use Check in: Accessible Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible (located at main entry) Playground Accessible Main feature - Dunn Point Beach: Somewhat Accessible Boat launch: Not Accessible Overnight Use Accessible with Assistance (Rowell Cove Campsites: fully accessible with pathway to vault privy)

Restrooms: Accessible with Assistance

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Moose Point State Park www.maine.gov/moosepoint Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible (one table is fully accessible) Accessible Playground Somewhat Accessible: Beach is not accessible, Main feature - Beach and Picnic pathway to overlook and interpretive area Area: accessible; Moose Pt. Trail somewhat accessible.

Mt. Blue State Park www.maine.gov/mountblue Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Playground Accessible Picnic tables: Generally Accessible Except for Trails, Accessible with Assistance - Center Hill has limited access, but has an accessible restroom and good views from the Main feature - Center Hill, parking area; Webb Beach has an accessible Webb Beach, and Hiking Trails: restroom and picnic shelter and paths have been smoothed. Beach wheelchair available. Boat launch: Accessible Overnight Use Check in: Generally Accessible Campsites: Accessible (several campsites are accessible) Restrooms: Accessible (including accessible showers)

Peaks-Kenny State Park www.maine.gov/peaks-kenny Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible with Assistance Picnic tables: Accessible with Assistance Main feature - Beach: Accessible with Assistance (best access at east picnic area; beach wheelchair available)

Overnight Use Accessible (parking at booth accessible, Check in: restroom at booth fully accessible) Accessible with Assistance (west camp area Campsites: offers best access) Restrooms: Generally Accessible Showers: Somewhat Accessible

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Popham Beach State Park www.maine.gov/pophambeach Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Generally Accessible (a beach wheelchair is available on a first come, first served basis); Main feature - West Beach: Center Beach Group Area: Picnic tables are accessible but access to water is limited

Quoddy Head State Park www.maine.gov/quoddyhead Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible (at lighthouse) Restrooms: Not Accessible Picnic tables: Somewhat Accessible Somewhat Accessible (Steep gravel and rocky Main feature - Trails: slopes); Beach is not accessible; Coast Guard Trail – first .5 miles is accessible Lighthouse & Visitors center - accessible

Range Pond State Park www.maine.gov/rangepond Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Shelter/Meeting Room Accessible Playgrounds (2) Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible

TrailsMain feature - Beach: Accessible – on rail bed. Main Feature – Beach Accessible, including transitional dock access to the water, beach wheelchair available.

Rangeley Lake State Park www.maine.gov/rangeleylake Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Beach: Somewhat Accessible (Access to water requires assistance) Boat launch: Accessible Overnight Use Check in: Generally Accessible Campsites: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible (including showers)

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Reid State Park www.maine.gov/reid Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Lagoon: Accessible by ramp Main feature - Beaches: Griffith Head and Todd Point are generally accessible except for full access to the water; beach wheelchair available.

Roque Bluffs State Park www.maine.gov/roquebluffs Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Accessible deck overlooks Englishman's Bay but Main feature - Beach: direct to beach is down some steps; paved path from parking area to deck

Sebago Lake State Park www.maine.gov/sebagolake Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Pine Grove Kitchen Shelter: Accessible Playground: Accessible Veteran’s Fishing Pier: Accessible (at meeting of Songo & Crooked Rivers) Boat launch: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Beach: Accessible with Assistance; beach wheelchair available. Overnight Use Check in: Accessible Campsites: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible

Shackford Head State Park www.maine.gov/shackfordhead No access

Day Use

Parking: Somewhat Accessible Restrooms: Somewhat Accessible Not Accessible (Wood trails to overlook; steep Main feature - Trails: paths)

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Swan Lake State Park www.maine.gov/swanlake Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Generally Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Access to Group Picnic Area requires assistance. Playground Accessible Generally Accessible (Easy access to beach, Main feature - Beach: but water entry requires assistance; beach wheelchair available.

Two Lights State Park www.maine.gov/twolights Good access Day Use Parking: Accessible Accessible Restrooms: Group Picnic & Shelter Areas: Accessible Main feature – Rocky Beach Accessible paths to ocean overlooks.

Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park www.maine.gov/vaughanwoods Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible

Picnic tables: Accessible Not Accessible (Steeps trails through woods Main feature - Trails: to river)

Warren Island State Park www.maine.gov/warrenisland No access Day Use Restrooms: Somewhat Accessible Picnic tables: Somewhat Accessible Island and Beach: Off-shore island - Not Main feature - Island and Beach: Accessible (Boat access to island required; beach Not Accessible) Overnight Use Campsites: Not Accessible Restrooms: Not Accessible

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Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park www.maine.gov/wolfesneckwoods Good access

Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Trails and Shorefront: Accessible loop to shore

Shelter: Accessible

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State Historic Sites Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site www.maine.gov/colonialpemaquid

Limited access

Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible at museum, fort house & restaurant Main feature: Museum & Fort House accessible; some Museum, forts, steep slopes around foundations make this area & restaurant accessible with assistance; Fort William Henry Tower is somewhat accessible with an interior ramp at first level; restaurant is accessible.

Eagle Island State Historic Site www.maine.gov/eagleisland No access

(off -shore island) Day Use Gangway and pier: Not accessible (gangway to pier has no steps, but is very steep at low tide) Restroom: Accessible Main feature - Historic house and Not Accessible (historic house has a steep Trails: slope.)

Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site www.maine.gov/fortedgecomb Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic Tables: Accessible Main feature - Blockhouse and Not Accessible (rough steps and steep paths) Earthworks:

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Fort Halifax State Historic Site www.maine.gov/forthalifax No access

Day Use Parking Accessible Somewhat Accessible (steps into blockhouse, Main feature - Blockhouse: access requires assistance)

Fort Kent State Historic Site www.maine.gov/fortkent Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Accessible with Assistance (located at Restrooms: information center/gift shop) Picnic tables: Accessible Somewhat Accessible (steps into blockhouse, Main feature - Blockhouse: access requires assistance)

Fort Knox State Historic Site www.maine.gov/fortknox Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Somewhat Accessible Entrance to main fort structure is up a steep Main feature - Fort and Visitors ramp; main fort building and grounds have Center: steep slopes and steps throughout; visitors center is accessible)

Fort McClary State Historic Site www.maine.gov/fortmcclary Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Not Accessible (blockhouse entrance is up Main feature: many steps; lower level fort grounds are Blockhouse and Fort accessible; upper level has steep paths)

Fort O'Brien State Historic Site www.maine.gov/fortobrien Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Main feature - Fort Grounds: Somewhat Accessible

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Fort Point State Park www.maine.gov/fortpoint Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Somewhat Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Main feature - Beach, Lighthouse Grounds, Site of Fort Somewhat Accessible Pownall:

Fort Popham State Historic Site www.maine.gov/fortpopham Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Restrooms: Not Accessible Picnic tables: Accessible Accessible on ground level; second level of Main feature - Fort and Grounds: fort not accessible

Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site www.maine.gov/katahdinironworks Limited access Day Use Parking: Accessible Somewhat Accessible (paths around site are Main feature - Kiln and Furnace: uneven)